From: Steve Hancock Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 00:20:29 +0000 (-0700) Subject: update docs X-Git-Tag: 20201001~19 X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=96206d13156bde9494c8dc6a52b57a33c6d6aebe;p=perltidy.git update docs --- diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md index 85748299..b076d162 100644 --- a/CHANGES.md +++ b/CHANGES.md @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ - Numerous issues have been found during automated testing and fixed. Many involve references to uninitialized variables when perltidy is given random text. A complete list is given in - the file 'BugLog.pod'. + the file [BugLog.pod](https://github.com/perltidy/perltidy/blob/master/local-docs/BugLog.pod). ## 2020 09 07 diff --git a/local-docs/BugLog.pod b/local-docs/BugLog.pod index 46094a3e..ccbe6d9f 100644 --- a/local-docs/BugLog.pod +++ b/local-docs/BugLog.pod @@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ found with the help of automated random testing. =over +=item B + +Previously only a complaint was given, which went into the log file and was not normally +seen. Perl silently accepts this but it can cause significant problems with pod utilities, so +a clear warning is better. This situation arose in testing on random files in combination with +a -dp flag and it took some time to understand the results because of the lack of a warning. + =item Bcan() function for sub finish_formatting> This is not a bug, but is cleaner coding and insures that error messages get reported.